Pig shelter diy

Let's be real for a few moments. Can we? Because I'm going to come clean on something. When we brought the pigs home last May, I had good intentions on creating a separate space for Churchill, our boar. Because one boar with four gilts will eventually lead to...well, you know. But those good intentions are... Continue Reading →

Hooray for the return of piggies to Milkwood Farm! Ahead of our illustrious plans for forested pig systems next season, we're doing a micro-pig prepping

There is no life without water, apparently we can live for 30 days without food but only 72 hours without water. In the past we have looked at this diy automatic pig waterer as well as this diy tire and battel pig feeder. Another viable solution you could implement is this diy pig watering bowl.

This is a pig house, but I think it would be a perfect chicken shelter to get them out of all this rain!

Let's talk pigs for a little bit. We've put in a few permanent pig pens at the back of the property. They're close to the pasture so that when we are ready to put our pigs on grass they'll be right there. That day will come. Eventually. Until then, we've got feeder pigs in a... Continue Reading →

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𝓣𝓪𝓻𝓪’s Instagram post: “If you missed my stories yesterday, we had to replace the floor in the pig hut. It was originally made with a cheaply made pallet. This hut…”

This is one of those posts that I should have made a long time ago, however procrastination always seemed to win. When we first got pigs, I did some research online on some shelters and out of the ones I found we ended up choosing this one. Its funny that I have already shared with